Chapter 587

Maja just glanced at her phone.

Noticing it was late, she nonchalantly said, “Mr. Raymond, I gotta bounce.*

tan didn’t react, only the sound of his door closing could be heard.

As Maja reached the hotel lobby, a wave of sadness washed over her.

She looked up at the sky, trying to keep the tears from falling.

Then Zoey called.

Zoey would call at least three times a day, reporting on company matters.

But this call wasn’t about the company; it was about the legal team.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, we’ve gotten wind of who’s taken the fall for the Shepard family, It’s Dalia’s son, who’s currently in the slammer. The whole thing’s stirred up a lot of chitchat; even the big shots are paying attention. With solid evidence, things moved quickly, and they’ve taken him away. Dalia is busy scrambling around, hoping to bail her son out. If all goes as expected, he’d be looking at a ten–year sentence.”

It turned out it was someone she knew.

Maja quickly slapped herself in the face, trying to shake off the sadness. She didn’t even notice that lan had followed her out.

He seemed worried about her heading home alone so late.

phone, laughing and chatting, seemingly unaffected by his matters, he was almost unable to contain the rush of anger.

team on the case. If Dalia’s son gets a ten–year sentence,

said this with lan

had witnessed her clash with

Carlene, it seemed natural that she would take on the Shepard family.

have her way. So after she hung up the

smoke and, in part,

slowly turned around to see

cigarette elegantly, looking at her with indifference.

I won’t allow it. Not only will I

the power to do it, and it wouldn’t be a stretch.

was at a

world. He was ruthless with his enemies, and no one dared

rarely took action himself, but when

him on now was

through, all her recent efforts

ferocious wolf, and she was nothing more than a moth struggling

grabbed her chin, kissed her, and blew smoke into

didn’t have a strong nicotine taste but rather a mild one. It must have been a

eyes reddening from the smoke.

with a hint of ruthlessness

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